I hate linux, here's why - RANT.

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
Actually, I was able to get the forwarding to work, but for some reason, the header info gets messed up. The return path in the header says <root>.

How did you handle the forwarding? IIRC, the virtuser stuff should only affect the delivery and leave the envelope untouched. But I don't have a setup where I can verify that right now.

 

[Finalnight]

hmm, a person complaining about issues with Red Hat 6.2...while your at it, you better start complaining about Windows 98 as well... Go download Redhat 9 or Mandrake 9.1

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
I have a redhat 6.2 box with sendmail 8.x. I'm afraid to upgrade it because I don't know enough about linux to do so. I don't want to mess any thing up. At least with Microsoft, the upgrade process is simple and no headaches.

What planet are you from?

 

[Nothinman]

Don't complain because you don't know how a system works if you havn't taken the time to learn how to use it.

And frankly I've seen MS patches break things on more than one occasion, just because there's a wizard to hold your hand doesn't mean it'll work.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Finalnight
hmm, a person complaining about issues with Red Hat 6.2...while your at it, you better start complaining about Windows 98 as well... Go download Redhat 9 or Mandrake 9.1

Redhat 6.2 is to Redhat 9, as Windows 3.11 is to Windows XP :/

 

[Finalnight]

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: Finalnight
hmm, a person complaining about issues with Red Hat 6.2...while your at it, you better start complaining about Windows 98 as well... Go download Redhat 9 or Mandrake 9.1

Redhat 6.2 is to Redhat 9, as Windows 3.11 is to Windows XP :/

roger that. But I would also add:
Redhat 6.2 is to Red Hat Enterprise 3 what Windows 95 is to Windows Server 2003.

 

[cleverhandle]

OK, guys... I think the point has been made. Though the OP's title is needlessly inflammatory, perhaps we can stick to comments about Sendmail now?

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: cleverhandle
OK, guys... I think the point has been made. Though the OP's title is needlessly inflammatory, perhaps we can stick to comments about Sendmail now?

I'm not really too keen in regards to sendmail, but there are some things about that really frighten me. If cheapbidder doesn't have to use it then I really think that it would be best to avoid it.

I'm afraid to upgrade it because I don't know enough about linux to do so.

Just do it, after backing up of course. Pick a new distro. You'll be glad that you did it, and the install will most likely be easier than 6.2 was .

 

[drag]

Heres what you do upgrade.

All your configuration is in the /etc/ folder.

Unfortuanatly I don't know much about sendmail so I can't advice on the actual setup, so it's kinda generic advice.

however 8.x seems pretty new. So what you do is make a copy of your configuration files for sendmail. Check and make sure that the configuration file will work properly with the newest version. After you made the configuration changes you need to make it work with the newest version save a copy of it.

Then when you reinstall everything simply copy the configurations back to the correct location and restart your services, this should make it set up the same as before.

Since everything is stored in plain text files, instead of something weird like the windows registry, all you have to do is do research and find out what configuration files you need to save.

Hell you could probably just copy the entire /etc/ folder from one OS to another and most everything would still work OK, but I wouldn't bet on it. Redhat 6.2 is pretty ancient, so you probably copy each config file on one on one basis.

What I would do personally to make sure that I don't screw anything up is to get a second harddrive. That way if I mess up on the conversion I can always go back to the original. That seems like the easiest and safest thing to do.

Harddrives are so cheap, you can get a nice one for like 50 bucks from newegg. Seems like cheap insurance. That should make a upgrade a non-stressfull experiance and give you a chance to perfect the new install before making it a production machine.

<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://
http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html">If you look here, here is a overview on how to do that virtual hosting stuff.</a>. I know that sendmail can be a beast to work with. It may be a good idea to invest in a book like the one on that page. That way you can use it as a referance material for all your sendmail needs.

I am not experianced personally with sendmail, so that's about the best advice I can think of.

 

[skyking]

If you are making changes to the virtusertable, do not forget to go to the sendmail directory and do a "make maps" and "make restart" (without the quotes).